Books - "history"
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THE AGE OF THE BAROQUE
1610-1660
ex lib, minimal markings, 367pp illus, VG( sl bruised corners, sl edgewear, sl rubbed boards, v sl bumped spine head & foot, v sl shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: Harper & Brothers New York 1952
KEYWORDS: history europe politics baroque
THEY WERE SOUTH AFRICANS
ex lib, minimal markings, 224pp illus, VG+(v sl sunned spine, v sl edgewear, sl paste action to ep's) d/w VG(sl wear tears & creasing to extrems, sl rubbed, v sl sunned & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press Cape Town 1956
KEYWORDS: history south africa
THE STORY OF SOUTH AFRICA
ex lib, minimal markings, 251pp, VG(sl bruised corners, vs l sunned rubbed & soiled, browned ep's)
PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber London 1955
KEYWORDS: history south africa
MUNCHEN UND MOSKAU 1918/1919
Zur Geschichte Der Ratebewegung in Bayern
ex lib, minimal markings, 100pp, VG+(library rebacked with stiffened boards & new ep's, v sl edgewera, sl rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Isar Verlag Munchen 1958
KEYWORDS: history munich moscow
A YACHTSMAN'S MEMORIES OF LONG AGO
first edition, tan cloth, 150pp illus, VG+(v sl edegwear, v sl soiled fore edge) d/w VG(v sl wear tears & chipped top extrems, v sl tears to spine, v sl internal foxing, sunned spine, v sl rubbed)
PUBLISHER: Mallinson Rendel Publishers Wellington circa 1980
KEYWORDS: nautical history yachting new zealand
A YACHTSMAN'S MEMORIES OF LONG AGO
brown cloth, 150pp illus, VG+(v sl bruised corners, v sl edgewear, v sl soiled boards ep's & edges) d/w VG-(sl wear & tears to top edges with tears internally repaired with tape, sl internal foxing & soiling, sl rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Mallison Rendel Publishers Wellington circa 1980
KEYWORDS: nautical history new zealand yachting
SHIPS AND SAILORS
Tales of the Sea
reprint, blue cloth, 303pp illus, VG-(sl cocked, v sl edgeweawr, v sl bumped spine head & foot, boards v sl rubbed & soiled, prev owners inscr to ffep, ep's browned, v sl internal seperation at rear hinge, sl foxing to ep's & edges)
PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Co London 1929
KEYWORDS: nautical history ships sailors mutinies pirates shipwrecks
THE PILGRIMAGE OF WESTERN MAN
A History of Europe from 1500-1949
first edition, green cloth, 369pp, VG( creased & soiled spine, v sl bumped board edges, sl foxing to ep's & edges) d/w VG-(sl wear to extrems, sl creased, sl foxing, sunned rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz London 1950
KEYWORDS: history europe
THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
A History of the United States
ex lib, minimal markings, 858pp illus, VG+(v sl gum stains to ep's & boards, v sl bruised corners, v sl shaky spine) d/w VG+(in plastic, rear flap trimmed, v sl sunned rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Rupert Hart-Davis London 1963
KEYWORDS: history america
THE AMERICAN PROFILE
A Factual Survey of American History
ex lib, minimal markings, 235pp, foldout chart, VG(in wrappers with taped spine, sl edgewear & creasing, sl rubbed & soiled, internal hinges reinforced with tapesl soiled fore edge)
PUBLISHER: Richard D Irwin Chicago 1943
KEYWORDS: history america
LEGENDES & CURIOSITES DE L'HISTOIRE
TROISIEME SERIE
First edition, limp binding, illustrated paper wraps, 394pp, illus, G+ (sl sunned ruubed & soiled, sl internal separation, binding holding)
PUBLISHER: Albin Michel, Paris, n.d.
KEYWORDS: docteur cabanes curious tales in history isabeau de baviere catherine de medicis richelieu cardinal de retz louis xv junot gambetta
LEGENDES & CURIOSITES DE L'HISTOIRE
QUATRIEME SERIE
First edition, limp binding, illustrated paper wraps, 286pp, illus, G+ (sl sunned ruubed & soiled, sl internal separation, all pages present, some pages loose)
PUBLISHER: Albin Michel, Paris, n.d.
KEYWORDS: docteur cabanes curious tales in history docteur cabanes varietes historiques et medicales
THE OYSTERS OF LOCMARIAQUER
First UK edition, green boards, 203pp, textual illus, VG (v sl edge wear, v sl soiled & rubbed, v sl paste action to eps, v sl foxed throughout) d/w VG (v sl sunned soiled & rubbed, v sl wear to extremes, v sl internal foxing)
PUBLISHER: Secker & Warburg, London, 1965
KEYWORDS: eleanor clark oysters locmariaquer history biology celtic folklore oyster farmer la degustation
MR OSEBA'S LAST DISCOVERY
First edition, gilt decorated red boards, black lettering to spine, 228pp, illus, VG (sl bruised corners, sl edge wear, sl sunned soiled & rubbed, spine mod sunned and soiled)
PUBLISHER: The New Zealand Times Co, Wellington, 1904
KEYWORDS: history new zealand geo w bell
VANISHED CITIES
first edition, blue cloth, 344pp illus, VG+(v sl bruised corners, v sl edgewear, booksellers stamp to front pastedown, v sl browned ep's, sl foxing to ep's & edges) d/w VG+(price clipped, sl internal foxing, sl wear to extrems with v sl tears to spine head & foot with head internally reinforced with tape, corners v sl scuffed, sl rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson London 1957
KEYWORDS: history vanished cities
ALGERIA AND FRANCE
From Colonialism to Cooperation
first ediiton, ex lib with stamps to ep's & fore edge & pkt to rear, cerise cloth, 215pp, sl bruised top corners, sl gum stains to ep's, v sl foxing to text edges, prev owners sign to ffep) d/w VG+(v sl internal foxing, v sl wear to extrems, sl sunned spinev sl rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co London 1963
KEYWORDS: history algeria france general de gaulle
RESISTANCE AGAINST TYRANNY
ex lib, minimal markings, 168pp, VG+(sl gum stains to ep's & boards, v sl bumped spine head & foot) d/w VG-(in plastic, sl gum stains to extrems, sl rubbed sunned & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul London 1966
KEYWORDS: history tunisia algeria gisele halimi south africa andre ungar germany wolfgang muller poland waclaw zagorski eire ernest blythe hungary eugene heimler
PEARL HARBOUR
An eye-witness account
first edition, green cloth, 75pp illus, VG-(sunned spine, sl bruised corners, v sl edgewear, v sl sunned rubbed & soiled boards, sl foxing to ep's, sl internal seperation at front)
PUBLISHER: John Lane London 1942
KEYWORDS: history WWII pearl harbour
TWO SUFFOLK FIENDS
first edition, burgundy cloth with gilt to spine & front & bevelled edges, 132pp, VG(v sl bruised & scuffed corners, v sl bumped spine head & foot, v sl rubbed boards with v sl surface loss, v sl sunned & soiled, v sl foxing to ep's, vsl browned text edges)
PUBLISHER: William Blackwood & Sons Edinburgh 1895
KEYWORDS: history robert hindes groome edward fitzgerald suffolk
CONQUESTS AND DISCOVERIES OF HENRY THE NAVIGATOR
Being the Chronicles of Azurara - Portuguese Navigators and Colonizers of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries
first edition, red cloth, 253pp illus, VG(v sl edgewear, sl sunned spine, sl rubbed & soiled boards, v sl bumped with v sl tears to spine head & foot, v sl foxing to ep's & edges)
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin London 1936
KEYWORDS: history henry the navigator azurara portugal